Based on the discussion at theCity Council meetingAug.25, most Santa Monicans support the concept of affordable housing. However, residents differ in preferred funding choices, how much housing to build,
Jim Ries, who joined the Planning Commission in 2007, left the dais as a commissioner for the last time, urging future commissioners to reach across the aisle.
Ries was up
Last Tuesday, City Council was scheduled to make three appointments to the seven-person Planning Commission. Itfailed to perform that simple task. Of course, it all had to do with politics,
It says something about the significance of development issues in Santa Monica that one City Council member had to be coaxed back to the dais after storming off during a
The Plaza at Santa Monica proposed for 4th and 5th streets and Arizona Avenue moved closer to reality June 3 when the Planning Commission voted 4-1 to forward the 12-floor
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. March 31, 2015.
We have a new Planning Commissioner in Santa Monica — Carter Rubin — as last Tuesday night, the City Council filled the vacancy created
After the Planning Commission stuck it to residents by refusing to reconsider development-intensive shopping centers euphemistically known as "Activity Centers") and higher, dense Tier 3 developments on major
In a surprise turn early Wednesday morning, City Council appointed urban planner and Los Angeles mayor staffer Carter Rubin to a vacant Planning Commission seat.
The seat has been vacant
Planning Commission may at last get reinforcement.
After months of delays, City Council is scheduled to pick the new commissioner on Tuesday.
When Sue Himmelrich won a council seat in
